That will work for a while . . . Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Richard Smith Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 10:46 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: My Vanagon's blinking coolant light problem vs other peoples'---it all blends together Based on the conversations here over the past few days, I did some experiments with my - occasional - “persistent engine blinking light” problem (even with all other factors, coolant level etc, accounted for). I have an ’85 AT WBX with 180k km (~120k miles). I can report that in my case, the blinking light problem was “solved” 100% of the time by turning the key to the “on” position and just waiting a few seconds before starting the engine. If I do this, the engine light blinks a few times, and goes out. If I “rush it,” and just turn the key to start, the blinking light persists for a long time, sometimes until I next come to a stop. …r -- Richard Smith
On December 12, 2014 at 6:32:26 PM, OlRivrRat (olrivrrat@comcast.net<mailto:olrivrrat@comcast.net>) wrote: Good to know DB ~ Thanks ~
On 12 Dec , 2014, at 7:26 PM, David Beierl wrote: > At 09:04 PM 12/12/2014, OlRivrRat wrote: >> I have had 2 encounters recently with Vanagons that >> displayed the BlinkingCoolantLight@StartUp & Quite ByAccident on > > This is a common experience when the timing cap inside the gauge is > leaking but not quite enough to fail hard and just blink all the > time. Both the key on, wait, key off part and the sensitivity to > temperature and especially to humidity. Given the symptoms it's not > likely to be anything else. Van Cafe has the gauges for > tach-equipped vans and in a pinch I can fix them if you can't, or > can't get it done nearby. > > Yours, > David |
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